BAKING BOOK

Lazy Ladies Loaf
RECIPE BY ANNA GARE - GUEST CHEF
There is nothing better than a slice of good bread and creamy
Devondale butter. The holy grail of any good baker is to make the
perfect loaf of bread, but for something so simple that we eat every
day it’s amazing that it’s so difficult to get right. This kitchen hack
will get you a perfect loaf every time without any of the fuss. This
recipe was passed to Anna as the secret of the wife of a very famous
chef and breaks every rule of making a good loaf of bread.
Ingredients
500gms unbleached
plain flour
2 tsp instant yeast
475mls lukewarm water
1 teaspoon salt
Extra flour for dusting and
shaping
Devondale Award Winning
Dairy Soft Butter Blend
(for spreading) and
raspberry jam to serve
PREP TIME: 10 MINS
PLUS CHILLING AND
STANDING TIME
COOK TIME: 50 MINS
MAKES: 1 LOAF
Method
1. Mix flour, yeast and salt together in a large bowl.
2. Pour in the water to make a sticky dough. Mix together
with a spatula until well combined.
3. Cover bowl with plastic wrap and leave in the fridge
overnight.
4. Next day take out of fridge and rest at room temp for
about 1.5 to 2 hours depending on weather (it must be
just at room temp before you bake).
5. Line a flat oven tray with baking paper and sprinkle
generously with flour. Remove the dough from the bowl
using a spatula, scape out onto tray. It will be VERY
sticky. Shape dough with floured hands into a ciabatta
shape. Flip dough over so that the wrinkled floured side
is on top.
6. Place the tray in a cold oven and set at 220ºC.
Bake 45 to 50 minutes or until it has a light golden
colour and the bread sounds hollow when tapped.
7. Cool on wire racks and serve whilst still warm with
lashings of Devondale Dairy Soft Butter and jam.
DEVONDALE FARMERS BAKING BOOK 13